Saddle-pad fastening



(No Model.)

J. L. THOMSON. SADDLE PAD FASTENING.

No. 581,565. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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SADDLE-PAD FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,565, dated April27, 1897.

Application filed June 11, 1896. Serial No. 595,100. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jonson L. THoMsoN, of Valtham, in the county ofhliddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Saddle-Pad Fastenings, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to that part of a harness termed the saddle, andhas particular reference to the means for securing the pad under thearch of the saddle.

The object of the invention is to provide means whereby the pad may beremovably connected with the saddle and adapted to crowd the pad intothe arch in such manner that even frequent removal of the pad will notaffect its proper retention in position when replaced.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts substantially as herein described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is an elevation of so much of a harness-saddle as is necessaryto illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end ofthe pad and showing the clamping-hook. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe lower end of the saddle-arch and showing also the lower end of thepad with its interchanging hoolclever.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the severalviews.

In the drawings, a indicates a harness-saddle provided with the usualterrets and having at each end an eye Z), consisting of a plateprojecting beyond the end of the saddle-body and provided with a slot.

0 indicates the removable pad or housing,

to each end of which is secured a cam-lever cl, adapted to engage theeye I). The construction of this cam-lever is similar to a wellknownform of overshoefastening, as shown in the drawings, but I do notrestrict myself to this particular form. As shown in the drawings, thelever is provided with flattened trunnions, which are held between abaseplate (1 and a spring-plate 61 the said two plates being permanentlyconnected together and to the end of the pad.

hen it is desired to remove the pad from the saddle, the lever d isturned, so that it may be readily withdrawn from the slot of the plateI). hen the pad is to be replaced, the levers d are reinserted throughthe plates 6, and the downward movement of the free ends of the lever ateach end causes an upward movement of the end of the pad, thus crowdingthe pad back into place in the arch of the saddle-body.

The fastening is entirely concealed under the girth-strap e, and takesthe place of straps and buckles heretofore used, extending around thesaddle.

It will be seen that the slotted plates affixed to the saddle and thecam-levers pivoted to the pad constitute coupling devices, which notonly exert an upward pressure on the pad, forcing it closely against thearch, but also positively hold or look the ends of the pad to thesaddle, so that they cannot slip in any direction, the central portionof the pad being prevented from slipping edgewise by its firm bearing onthe arch. Hence there is no liability of the displacement of the pad inany direction.

I claim- 1. The combination of a harness-saddle arch, a removable padformed to fit the under side of said arch, and coupling devices appliedto the arch and pad and having provisions for pressing the pad upwardlyagainst the arch and for positively securing the ends of the pad to thecorresponding portions of the arch.

2. In a harness-saddle, the combination with the arch a having a plateI) at each end provided with a slot, of the pad 0 provided with thespring-pressed cam-lever (1 adapted to pass through' the slot of theplate Z) and force the pad into place in the arch, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of June, A. D. 1896.

JUDSON L. THOMSON.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON.

